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HEMIPTERA. 



3. ACANTHOSOMA difficile, n. s. 



A. praecedentibus valde affine ; thoracis angulis minus prominu- 

 lis subacutis, ferrugineis ; pedibus ferrugineis. $ . 

 Long. lin. 6|. 



Pale olive-green, tinted with orange and red, punctured. Head 

 reddish, the lateral lobes wrinkled and with a few black punctures. 

 Thorax rather thickly punctured with black ; anterior and 

 lateral margins reddish, the lateral angles prominent, deep red. 

 Scutellum deep orange, with numerous scattered black punc- 

 tures. Coriaceous portion of the elytra with the disc thickly 

 and rather finely punctured, the outer margin orange, rather 

 strongly punctured with black; membrane transparent, nearly 

 colourless. Margins of the abdomen not spotted. Body be- 

 neath dark orange. Abdomen with the apical segment not 

 very deeply emarginate. Legs ferruginous orange. Antennae 

 with the three basal joints subferruginous, the two apical ones 

 wanting. 



4. ACANTHOSOMA dubium. 



A. praecedenti valde affine et vix distinctum ; differt capite an- 

 tice subrotundato ; thoracis angulis minus prominulis, rotun- 

 datis ; antennarum articulo tertio apice nigro. $ . 

 Long. lin. 6J. 



5. ACANTHOSOMA distinctum, n. s. 



A. praecedentibus valde affine, olivaceo-viride, nigro-punctatum ; 

 thoracis angulis lateralibus prominulis ; scutelli apice albido ; 

 abdominis marginibus nigro-maculatis ; antennis elongatis, 

 pallidis, apice ferrugineis. (? . 

 Long. lin. 6. 



Above pale olive-green, rather thickly punctured with black. 

 Head pointed in front, finely punctured. Thorax with a trans 

 verse impunctate space towards the anterior margin ; latera 

 angles prominent, subspinous, obtuse, ferruginous. Scutellun 

 brownish, becoming green towards the apex, with the apex itself 

 whitish. Membrane of the elytra brownish, semitransparent, 

 with a dark line at the base, surrounding the apical margin of 

 the coriaceous portion. Abdomen above red, with the margins 

 bright orange, with a black band at the junction of each segment. 

 Body beneath pale testaceous. Abdomen with the emargination 

 of the apical segment very deep, reaching the middle of the ab- 

 domen; the margins spotted with black. Legs pale greenish, 



